diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron_publish_flatpak.yml b/.github/workflows/cron_publish_flatpak.yml
index 931b986f895efc..6d121ebe11efb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron_publish_flatpak.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron_publish_flatpak.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ jobs:
           FLATHUB_RELEASE=$(curl -L -s https://flathub.org/api/v2/appstream/net.pcsx2.PCSX2 | jq -r '.releases | max_by(.version) | .version')
           echo "Latest PCSX2 release is: '${PCSX2_RELEASE}'"
           echo "Latest Flathub release is: '${FLATHUB_RELEASE}'"
-          PCSX2_RELEASE=$(echo $PCSX2_RELEASE | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
-          FLATHUB_RELEASE=$(echo $FLATHUB_RELEASE | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
           echo "PCSX2_RELEASE=${PCSX2_RELEASE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "FLATHUB_RELEASE=${FLATHUB_RELEASE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"